Scoil Ghráinne

Community National School

Seomra Naoise chat with 3 Silver (from Dubai)

Mar 4, 2016 | Second Class

This month, the boys and girls from Seomra Naoise have been blogging with a class from Dubai on kidblog.org! Their class name is 3 Silver and their teacher’s name is Ms Sophia. We are really enjoying talking to them about their learning, life in Dubai and of course the differences between Ireland and Dubai!

3 Silver

So far we have learned lots!! These are some of the interesting points we have learned!!

The weather is so different compared to the weather here in Ireland. At the moment it is (on average) about 24 degree celcius! They also said it hardly rains!
They are surrounded by desert and if they drive ten minutes, they often see camels!!
Most of the subjects they learn in school are the same as ours but they also learn Arabic and we learn Gaeilge!
Their weekend is Friday (because this is their main praying day) and Saturday. They go to school on Sunday!!
The children from 3 Silver call their teacher by her first name (Miss Sophia) but in Ireland we call out teachers by their surname!
The topic they are learning about at the moment is ‘Dinosaurs’. We have also learned about dinosaurs this year

Take a look at their school website http://www.srsdubai.ae/index.html

You can see where their school is located on this map: https://www.google.ae/maps/@25.2005787,55.437012,720m/data=!3m1!1e3.

Notice Board

June 2021

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Here we are at the end of a long year. We have been kept very busy since the beginning of the school year last August. 2021 is definitely a year we will all remember…but let’s dwell on the positives… we learned good hand hygiene, coughing etiquette, social distancing , extended our medical vocabularies, embraced ventilation, spent so much time outdoors, increased our fitness levels, survived in our bubbles and pods. Our school tours were a huge success and nobody was “travel sick”. Active week and Creative week were very enjoyable and “did what it said on the tin”. Our Intercultural Week looked a little different this year but the cooking demonstrations were very popular and we may do that again next year. Thank you to all the children for the fashion show and beautiful art work.

This week we celebrated the graduation of our 6th classes and 4 children from Croí. We hope they are leaving Scoil Ghrainne with a good sense of who they are, confidence in their abilities and an awareness of their talent. You can be very proud of your children and we wish them every success on the continuation of their journey.

As a new Principal here in Scoil Ghrainne, I am truly impressed with the dedication and commitment of staff. Thanks to them for all the work and contributions they make every day. Thanks to our Parents Association and to our Board of Management who are volunteering their time to help in the running of this great school. Without them, we would not be able to do what we do.

No doubt 2022 will bring new challenges, but we have built resilience and learned a lot about teamwork this year. We look forward to new beginnings and safer times.

Keep an eye on Aladdin during the summer months and we will keep you posted.

Stay safe and enjoy your holidays,

Stacey McAuley